diff --git a/src/browser/themes/shared/zen-icons/lin/close.svg b/src/browser/themes/shared/zen-icons/lin/close.svg
index 7c535fa68..c4d0be066 100644
--- a/src/browser/themes/shared/zen-icons/lin/close.svg
+++ b/src/browser/themes/shared/zen-icons/lin/close.svg
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 # This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
 # License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
 # file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
-<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" height="18" width="18" viewBox="0 0 18 18"><g stroke-linecap="round" stroke-width="1.5" fill="none" stroke="context-fill" stroke-opacity="context-fill-opacity" stroke-linejoin="round" class="nc-icon-wrapper"><line x1="14" y1="4" x2="4" y2="14" data-color="color-2"></line><line x1="4" y1="4" x2="14" y2="14"></line></g></svg>
+<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" height="18" width="18" viewBox="0 0 18 18"><g stroke-linecap="round" stroke-width="2" fill="none" stroke="context-fill" stroke-opacity="context-fill-opacity" stroke-linejoin="round" class="nc-icon-wrapper"><line x1="14" y1="4" x2="4" y2="14" data-color="color-2"></line><line x1="4" y1="4" x2="14" y2="14"></line></g></svg>
diff --git a/src/zen/tabs/zen-tabs/vertical-tabs.css b/src/zen/tabs/zen-tabs/vertical-tabs.css
index ce6669ef8..b75d8467d 100644
--- a/src/zen/tabs/zen-tabs/vertical-tabs.css
+++ b/src/zen/tabs/zen-tabs/vertical-tabs.css
@@ -329,13 +329,6 @@
       scale: 0.92;
     }
 
-    &:not(:hover) {
-      .tab-close-button,
-      .tab-reset-button {
-        display: none !important;
-      }
-    }
-
     & .tab-icon-image {
       &:not([src]),
       &:-moz-broken {
@@ -656,7 +649,14 @@
         }
       }
 
-      &:is(:hover, [visuallyselected]) .tab-close-button {
+      &:not(:hover) {
+        .tab-close-button,
+        .tab-reset-button {
+          display: none;
+        }
+      }
+
+      &:is(:hover, [multiselected][selected]) .tab-close-button {
         display: block;
         --tab-inline-padding: 0;
         margin-inline-end: 0;
diff --git a/src/zen/workspaces/ZenWorkspaces.mjs b/src/zen/workspaces/ZenWorkspaces.mjs
index c409d7274..9ca190752 100644
--- a/src/zen/workspaces/ZenWorkspaces.mjs
+++ b/src/zen/workspaces/ZenWorkspaces.mjs
@@ -2536,7 +2536,7 @@ var gZenWorkspaces = new (class extends nsZenMultiWindowFeature {
     // <= 2 because we have the empty tab and the new tab button
     const shouldHideSeparator = fromTabSelection
       ? pinnedContainer.hasAttribute('hide-separator')
-      : pinnedContainer.children.length === 1 || !visibleTabsFound();
+      : !visibleTabsFound();
     if (shouldHideSeparator) {
       pinnedContainer.setAttribute('hide-separator', 'true');
     } else {